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Created: October 18 2013

DAVIE, Fla. – In celebration of Native American Heritage Month, Young At Art Museum will host Tales & Traditions: A Native American Cultural Celebration on Sunday, November 10 from 11 a.m. to 6 p.m. at the Museum, located at 751 S.W. 121 Ave. in Davie.

Young At Art will honor Native Americans with a cultural celebration that is fun for the entire family and will include activities such as interactive storytelling with author Gerald Hausman and illustrator Ramon Shiloh, animal mask making and themed art stations throughout the Museum's galleries. Wildlife experts from Native Village, as seen on Animal Planet's Gator Boys, will make a special guest appearance with baby alligators, sea turtles and non-venomous snakes.

Hausman and Shiloh will present their new children’s book, The Otter, the Spotted Frog and the Great Flood, based on a traditional tale from the Creek Nation. This heartwarming story finds Otter the only animal listening to and heeding Spotted Frog's warnings of a great flood. Imbued with Native American wisdom, the story is even more prophetic today with global warming and other climate changes threatening human and animal existence.

Hausman spent much of his adult life in New Mexico, where many Native Americans still reside. He has translated Native American creation stories which have been broadcast on the History Channel, NPR,Pacifica Broadcasting and Christian Science Monitor Radio. A teacher and editor, he has authored many picture books, sixteen of which have won awards.

Shiloh is an author, artist, and public speaker who was born in Northern California. He credits his mother who was a Native storyteller for having great influence on his life and career. Shiloh has worked with a number of collaborators to produce books and works in other media. His support for arts programs related to minority issues includes the “Young Native Voices Theater Education Project” in Los Angeles. He also worked with Rosa Parks as a facilitator and storyteller for the 2000 Underground Railroad Research Program, "A Trail of Tears."

What began at the turn of the 20^th century as an effort to create a day of recognition for the significant contributions that the first Americans made to the establishment and growth of the U.S., now is a month-long celebration. In 1990, President George H. W. Bush declared November as “National American Indian Heritage Month," commonly referred to as “Native American Heritage Month." Young At Art Museum is proud to celebrate this platform for Native Americans to share their culture, traditions, music, crafts, dance and ways of life.

The cost for Tales & Traditions: A Native American Cultural Celebration is included with museum paid admission: $13 per person; $12 for seniors and children over age 1.

For more information, please call 954-424-0085 or visit YoungAtArtMuseum.org